The Most RIDICULOUS Devil Fruit! 👀 

This fruit gave our protagonist the most dangerous power in all of fiction: the powers of a gag character.

"This is how rubber hunted in ancient times!" - Luffy, probably.

I’m starting to think that Roger laughed because LaughTale is basically Cartoon Island

I don’t think the Nika DF gives Luffy the qualities Mihawk was talking about but the other way around. Luffy’s qualities is what allowed him to unlock those powers. So the Nika fruit seeks people who behave like Luffy since they seem to have their own wills.

This makes Enel's mockery of Luffy's devil fruit even funnier in retrospect. The way he was bragging about being a Logia while Luffy was "just a paramecia" is even funnier now that we know that the fruit that made Enel look like a fool was part of the group that's widely considered the weakest of the three types, meanwhile Enel's was considered the strongest fruit of the strongest group.

the fact that oda has been able to link almost every thing left even semi-unsolved to be a actual plot point just blows me away

"Most ridiculous power in the world" reminds me of when people always mock luffy's DF and calling it foolish.

oda hinted this fruit at empel dawn, he said that zoon fruit can heal themselves faster than a normal devil fruit user, in the same arc luffy got pisoned and fought for 10 hours to survive, then he ate and became better, also we know that zoon fruit can transform and luffy can also transform (gears), god I love one piece

I've always interpreted Luffy being able to heal himself via eating meat and grow back teeth via milk as him having mastered Life Return (If you don't remember what that is re read ennies lobby as Kumadori uses it a lot and even Lucci uses it a bit). It would make sense that someone as talented as luffy could figure it out on his own, after all Sanji figured out geppo on his own, another technique that cp9 used.

All this time Luffy has been beating the biggest pirates in the world with just his Passive Skill.

Can we Talk about how shanks was propably thinking about becoming joyboy himself? He Had the Hat, He Had the loughter and free living Nature, and the fruit that he took. Why is nobody talking about this?

I sorta liked how Luffy doesn’t have a seemingly OP devil fruit but still found a way to wreck his opponents - I can’t help but feel conflicted in feeling like he’s just cheating now 😂

I think all those ''gears'' were his zoan transformations, something funny about that was some of his transformations had ''man'' like snakeman, boundman, tankman, which goes to the fruit ''hito'', or ''human'' so Luffy had the zoan transformations all this time

Explains why Nami was always able to hurt him when she scolds him, he believed he deserved so his fruit allowed it to happen.

Liam saying "it's not Rabbit season it's stabb it season" made me lose it 😂.

The idea of Luffy being able to warp reality instead of just himself fits with your theory that awakening gives you the power to affect the world around you with your df

Every Devil Fruit has its limits, even Mythic ones. If we're talking about Toon Force, I don't think Luffy will make it to "The Mask" level (That would be too OP), but I imagine he's around "Tom and Jerry" level.

The fact the last island is Laugh Tale... Oda's plot building really is second to none

Now that we know that the gum-gum fruit is a zoan type, is it possible that it could be the fruit that Blackbeard was waiting for, and he will come to take it? And if so, could be have been waiting so he could take it after it is awakened? Also great vid

"A whole Machvise", man, that was brilliant.

To be fair, brook also regrew his bones with milk. So either Luffy has had the ability to afflict others with his fruit for awhile even tho it seems like he JUST awakened it, or One Piece also has some natural silly in it. I also really hope Luffys charisma isnt from the fruit, but rather what drew the fruit to him

I actually took his power in the opposite direction. I believe he's powered by the LACK of smiles. He awoke that form when they "lost". Everyone was sad, and accepted defeat. The ability to spread smiles to the nakama was desperately needed

Luffy's power effectively makes him a warhammer 40k ork bending reality to his belief

Luffy was given the base form of rubber because Oda's inspiration for the fruit animation style literally called "RUBBER hose animation". If you look back to every incarnation of Nika that Oda has drawn it's in the same style as rubber hose animation as well, where the defining feature is rubber hose like limbs that generally look like flowing curves instead of actual limbs with elbows and knees.... Oda is a genius and I'm always so blown away from his thought process for this series

I am extremely happy because I finally know how Nami was able to bruise Luffy all this time. And perhaps he somehow thought that he deserved it.

I like that the fruit is limited to the user's battle IQ and imagination. That means if some average Joe had the fruit, it wouldn't be as effective as Luffy. I suppose if someone had Kaido's fruit, it may have just been a magikarp

I used to think luffy's red attacks were the result of him heating up his blood to the point of making flames, like how gear 2nd makes his blood so hot that steam starts to come off of his body, but concentrated into one specific body part lmao

😂😂I saw Ayaka’s fan and freaked out. Hearing Liam narrate a Genshin Impact sponsor with his dry humor is definitely something I didn’t expect to enjoy so much.

I feel like everyone is reading too much into the idea that Luffy spreading joy is a result of his devil fruit. I think that that simply isn't true. Luffy has a very creative mind, which lets him come up with all sorts of ways to use his rubber body. The reason why he puts smiles on people's faces is simply because of luffy's nature and his unparalleled charisma, it's as simple as that.

This actually explains why everybody was always weirded out when they saw luffys abilities. With all of the devil fruits in the world and how ridiculous they can get(looking at you jacket jacket fruit) why was luffys the one that caused people to scratch their heads.

I definitely agree Mohawk would know . Red hair accidentally lost this OP fruit to luffy in East blue and is besties with mihawk, he definitely told him during a drunk rant

This does feel very much like a toon-style power up for Luffy. I mean, just look at how he does his gear three and four, which is to inflate his limbs by blowing into his thumb or forearm and inflate it that way. It feels like this is how he conceptualized the idea of expanding his body via his own logic, and now that he's awakened his DF and, possibly, understands it, he can just will it to happen.

1044 made me remember how Luffy has been making me laugh ever since I started One Piece. And when I thought about it, I realize how amazing Oda really is and how much I appreciate this series. He really is Nika.❤️😀

Is it weird that when you said dereshishishi I suddenly laughed but cried inside. One piece truly is a wonderful story.

We now need Liam to do a video where he just does all signature laughs in the series.

I’m curious how far the powers of his fruit go. I wonder if he will be able to replicate the power of other devil fruits? Like even logias?

If Luffy gets stronger being in proximity to those laughing/smiling, I imagine the people who ate defective smile fruits will will be very important. I also like how this works narratively, with the misery that Kaidou caused to the people of Wano being his own downfall

The power of toon force! Edit: I Desperately hope that his ability to easily make allies isn't part of his devil fruit....

Felt the need to add this somewhere but I love the fact Luffys “Final Form” is not some big guy like Gear 4th but his normal form with slight changes. It looks a lot cooler imo

The joy of cartoons started with rubber hose animation. Therefore I think that oda used rubber as the base ability for Luffy's devil fruit.

Nooo, I dont think you can credit Luffy's ability to make people laugh to the Fruit... His personality matches well with the fruit and allows him to awaken Sun God Nika. Without his personality it would just remain the Gomu Gomu fruit

The greatest clue about the ridiculous aspect of the fruit and the "imagination is necessary to get the best out of it" is in the battle against Katakuri. Luffy literally imagines his arms as cobras and commands them to chase Katakuri which the arms did. That is a clear foreshadowing of whatever Luffy imagines can be done with the fruit.

My favorite example of toon powers being active in early One Piece is Luffy lifting Zola's eyelid from inside it's eye. Oda even chose to address it in an SBS asking Luffy how he did it and they both agree that as long as it was fun who cares? Then they laugh. The absolute mad lad Oda always knew this was coming.

This makes me wonder do you need to fully awaken all mythical zoans to do a full transformation, or is this just limited to the sun god fruit. Like was it the case that at first Marco only had healing flames before he awakened to the ability to do a full phoenix transformation.

This only goes to show that the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia should return. We have so much new ground to cover both in terms of discussing new fruits as well as incorporating the redefinitions of previous ones, least of which being this titular Zoan.

I love that it’s the most “ridiculous” instead of the most powerful, it still keeps him in bounds of strength to others but makes him stronger despite that one detail.

the Robin laugh impression is just pure gold

I still have a hard time believing the fruit is that limitless simply because it would be a nightmare to choreograph. If it's just a general Nika buff, greater control over rubber body, and ability to manipulate surroundings, that opens up a lot of possibilities without making Luffy completely broken. Edit: ok wtf

Had this video playing in the background but wasn’t actually looking at the screen, I heard an absolutely perfect Gecko Moria laugh and assumed Liam played a clip of him for some reason, but when i went back to look i found out it was just his imitation! That was spot on 👌

It isn't exactly the same considering it isn't a devil fruit power, but the "fiction within fiction" thing also applies to Dellinger as a Fighting Fish fishman

Rubber hose cartoons is the easiest explanation of why his powers manifested as rubber for so long, its like the old school black and white cartoons

I remember way back during the Dressrosa arc, when we first learnt about devil fruit awakening, I used to make theories about Luffy's. One of these theories was that he could give the properties of rubber to objects around him and I dismissed it immediately because I thought Oda wouldn't do sth like that. Boy was I wrong.

Those who are accepting luffy as a loony tunes inspiration and like it are true chads Edit: 8:55 I literally died

I really like your content as due to an eye condition, I can’t read manga as black on white gives me migraines, and I can’t read fast so watching subbed is also a struggle meaning I’m a dub anime only person but you make it manageable to stay up to date with the manga and look forward to its animation and dub, so thank you

The reason for the rubber powers is, in my opinion, because the earliest form of animation was called "rubber hose animation."

It makes Shanks’ horror at Luffy eating that fruit more understandable. Does that also mean that Shanks was hoping to be this era’s Joy Boy?

you know. even though i got into one piece when they were already in Wano. but im really glad i got into it and the community. i look forward to seeing how it all ends.

The flames in Luffy’s red hawk move must come from the “Sun God” part of his devil fruit, I don’t think he can just use whatever he has a strong connection to. I mean, his hair is literally flames in this form, what else do I need to say

“If I die, then I die” This quote takes up so much more meaning now

I haven't been here in a yearish and YOU LOOK FUCKING AMAZING MAN!! From my screen, you lost a lot of weight, bulked up, and I am more impressed with your power scaling than this plot twist that proves the story has gone on too long.

I always loved how the serious and stoic crocodile also just started calling him ‘water Luffy’. Also I do want it confirmed that it didn’t change Luffy’s personality or charisma or anything like that. It would take a lot away I think.

luffy being joyboy was predicted on this channel 3 years back so that actually incredible

That rabbit season line made me spit my drink all over my laptop. Well done.

I'm curious on what sort of bump you've gotten from your dog cameo. You keep on do it so it must be working, maybe you could do a dude in a room on it?

I've spent two full days thinking about this reveal and the more thought I put in, the more it all falls into place. It may be impossible to know how long a game Oda is playing, but I'm willing to believe this was planning this from the start.

I don't think shanks knew what the fruit is, he wouldn't leave such a RIDICULOUS devil fruit in a public while he get drunk no matter how powerful shanks is .

The rubber aspect comes from the sun god being inspired by the Olmec civilization, which were one of the first known civilizations to discover and use rubber.

I've always consisered Oda a great story author, but not one that breaks the 4th wall and makes me think in a philosophical way. But now with this meta idea that Luffy can make people smile, including the reader, with a power that transcends, my opinion of Oda as an author changed.

I been thinking that the 800 years of not being able to keep the fruit revealed some insight on why they didn't chase luffy down the second they found out about it. They haven't been able to keep the fruit for 800 years and absolutely nothing happened from it. Heck, they had bigger pirates to fry that were actually active threats. So the government probably thought this was another round of losing the fruit and getting it back with no repercussions. Edit: forgot I made this post and got a random notification from a like. Two months later and it makes less and less sense that the government didn't chase after luffy since the beginning unless they didn't count it as a threat. With the government spy network they should know the fruit is completely lost and you can't tell me that after a world newborn baby genocide in an effort to kill ace just because of the threat of Gol D Roger's bloodline being a possibility of a threat, well, 100% as soon as luffys fruit was lost the world government would make marines at least start pinching everyone's checks and pass it off as a quirky greeting for citizens to see if they stretch to find a devil fruit if they suspect it to be a more legitimate threat to the government. If the government really lost the fruit, knew that it could be their downfall and waited until it came to them. That would be the first time reading one piece I would be massively disappointed in the series narrative. But after well over 1000 chapters hitting it out of the park, I guess one thing being a let down is massively impressive.

Although I know its very unlikely but maybe rubber properties that was given by the nika fruits was because it was the first thing that came into imagination after eating the fruit so it manifested with rubber before awakening it

i just stumbled upon this channel after chapter 1043, but i already caught up on alot of your videos by now. im absolutely delighted by the way you do your videos. by far the most entertaining OP-Channel

"He's made of rubber! How did that happen?!" "I-it's complicated."

I always thought that luffys fire attack where from him making his body vibrate fast enough to ignite or that it had built enough speed in his attack that it ignites(similar to a rocket re-entering the atmosphere)

I just realised your dog is an aussie…has to become the King of Pet-rates! Your videos are awesome, keep up the good work and lot's of love from Argo (my aussie) and me!

i think the rubber part is cos shanks told him its the gum gum fruit as soon as he ate it, like he believed all the fruit did was turn him to rubber so he imagined it subconsciously

My one issue with your logic is that Luffy isn't the only one who has pulled off gags that defied even One Piece logic. Brook can also drink milk to heal his teeth and bones, although maybe that can be attributed to his devil fruit i suppose?

Could it be that for the finale of Wano, Luffy ends the fight by doing something so epically hilarious that everyone sees it happening and is taken over by the most uncontrollable, side-splitting, genuine laughter, thereby liberating all those enslaved by the cursed smile fruit and truly freeing all of Wano?

That "it's not rabbit season" joke got me out of nowhere!

The stab it season joke made me laugh so hard

"it's not rabbit season, it's stab-it season" don't know why that made me laugh so hard

I think it's important to linger on it being the "most ridiculous" devil fruit out there. It isn't stated "strongest" but rather "most ridiculous" and I bet you that's very deliberate.

I think the reason it manifests as Rubber is because of the "Rubber Hose" style animation, which is a super old animation style. If not the exact limitations, could be the inspiration

That was an amazing Moria impression Liam. Please do more One Piece laughs. That is all, thanks. Best wishes.

If Luffy’s devil fruit is tied with cartoons, then maybe he isn’t rubber, but instead mimics the animation style of “Rubber-hosing”, a type of animation used in 1930’s cartoons, which makes the bodies and limbs of characters bend, stretch, and twist, as if they were made out of a rubber garden hose.

Since I started one piece I speculated that Luffys fruit was more then just rubber. Wasn’t fully sure what it would be. But I just thought it was like the concept of rubber and “bouncing back” or rebounding. To me it seemed like he was bending probability, the will of others, the social constraints in the world etc… to me it didn’t just seem like a physical rubber ability alone… like it stretched (excuse the pun) more into the metaphorical concept of rubber, and stretching what one would consider “normal” he literally bends the world to his whim.

I love how every narrative aspect of luffy has to be chalked up to his devil fruit instead of just neatly following the theme of rubber, red hawk is caused by friction induced through haki, luffy’s powers aren’t just he can imagine anything and it happens, it only applies to his rubbery body going beyond human limits. His body can bend in all kinds of free ways due to being rubber. Awakening enhances his rubber ability to stretch in any way without limitations. That’s it. It’s not toon power. He’s not bending reality. He can make other things rubber IF he touches them, like how Blackbeard has to touch them.

Ideas for one piece spin off: 1. All the side stories animated.... 2. Bounty hunter spinn off where new character run around catching known one piece characters or failing to do so.... Any ideas......

I thought Luffy's flames were already explained before? That it was a result of the friction with the air caused by just how fast his attack was? Considering he's fast enough to dodge lasers, I'd find that to be believable.

I still really like that Luffy's weakness is cutting damage and he is immune to blunt damange. I hope that persists into his god form. On that note, I always thought it was really smart on Luffy's part (likely unintentionally so) to recruit the greatest swordsman considering his weakness to cut damage. If you can't beat 'em, recruit 'em.

It certainly does explain a lot of the cartoon scenarios that appear throughout the series. Like how many times has Luffy jumped off of high places with his crew, and they've all survived.

I remember on Punk Hazard how goofy that Gomu Gomu no UFO ability was....but now it makes sense

I remember reading a quote attributed to Oda a number of years ago which went; (paraphrase) the reason he had decided to give Luffy rubber powers was so that no matter how serious the situation or the fight, he would still be funny. With that in mind, i read the line "bringing smiles to the faces of the people" as Oda breaking the 4th wall and referring to his readers with a statement containing a double meaning.

Im wondering how much luffy can really 'warp' reality tho- it looks like he gave the ground rubber properties, which would be in line with some other awakenings we've seen. I'm not sure whether kaido's cartoon eyes were for comedic effect or a thing that is part of Luffy's fruit. Either way, this reveal and chapter was so good. Im glad I got caught up in time to witness it live!

A always thought luffy just swung his arm fast enough his arm caught on fire 😅🤣

Rubber gives you the freedom to do with it what you want. So it’s the perfect Fundament for a devil fruit that is only limited by your imagination. I feel like this reveal would have been even more fun 15 years ago, being a small boy

I love this awakening power far more than the Resin Resin fruit everyone expected.

I like that in the end, Luffy is still Luffy. Sure he now has the powers of a god, but I appreciate that Luffy isn’t a reincarnation or something like that like everyone was speculating. Luffy is Luffy and that’s never going to change, even if his fruit is a little bit different from what we had initially thought. Edit: I also took Luffy being made of Rubber due to the fact that it’s what he was told it was and believed it was, hence why he had the properties of rubber and never questioned any of the odd things he did, probably just assuming it was a property of rubber that he wasn’t aware of.

idk if you know this but when the croc fight happened one piece was a saturday morning cartoon its a saturday evening one now.

How perfect is it that the sun god's ship is called the Thousand Sunny?

I think you were overthinking the Mihawk line, he ment that literally, since Luffy came from the sky to Marine Ford